The Brink of Nuclear War: A Cold War Crisis

What was the power of the bomb tested by the Soviets in the Arctic Circle?

• The power of thirty Hiroshima bombs

• The power of forty Hiroshima bombs

• The power of twenty Hiroshima bombs

• The power of ten Hiroshima bombs

What were Soviet troops doing in Cuba?

• Building schools

• Transporting warheads to missile sites

• Transporting medical supplies

• Vacationing

What game were Soviet subs and American Destroyers playing at the quarantine line?

• Hide-and-seek

• Tag

• Chess

• Cat-and-mouse

What did America conduct at noon on Black Saturday?

• A peace treaty signing

• A diplomatic meeting

• A military parade

• Its own atmospheric test

What did the U-2 pilot have to use for navigation?

• GPS

• Following the coastline

• Celestial navigation

• A map and compass

What did Khrushchev want in exchange for dismantling the missiles in Cuba?

• An apology from the US

• A large sum of money

• US missiles withdrawn from Turkey

• US missiles withdrawn from Italy

What was bypassed to get the Minuteman missiles online?

• Safety protocols

• The president's approval

• Public announcement

• The launch codes

What did the lost U-2 pilot do when he ran out of fuel?

• Was rescued by a helicopter

• Crash landed in the ocean

• Ejected and parachuted

• Glide into a rural airstrip in Alaska

What did EXCOMM fear had happened when they received two different deals?

• A misunderstanding

• A coup in the Soviet Union

• A technical glitch

• A trap by the Soviet Union

What did the captain of the B-59 submarine decide to do under stress?

• Surrender to the US Navy

• Load the nuclear torpedo

• Call Moscow for orders

• Surface and wave a white flag